I've heard stories about new hires that are based in high cost living areas filing for food stamps to supplement their basic living standard. But I have to agree with Ian all the ones I know/knew were making at least what Ian described. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Caldwell" <iancaldwell@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 11:39 PM Subject: Re: Delta strike possible April 17a > At 11:07 PM 06/04/2006 -0400, you wrote: > > I'm not aware of that. My cousin is a flight attendant for Delta based in > Atlanta and she doesn't get or need food stamps. She makes 30K a year > working for them, and that's working 3 - 4 days a week. > > >>I hope that most of you are aware that the majority of Flight Attendants >>in >>order to live have to get Food Stamps!..